Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Boomsticks: Truer words...

Once upon a time, the phone rang at CCA, and the person who answered it called out "Trevor, there's a guy on line one from HK. He says he's returning your call."

Instant silence. I felt a little light headed, the way you would on seeing a ghost, or if your dog suddenly started talking. That was the first time in my life I'd ever heard those words used in that order in a gun store.

From the office: "Really?"

Calling HK and leaving a message is like the neolithic tribesman sacrificing a goat to the moon god: You're not really expecting a response, but you go through the ceremony anyway.

9 comments:

If I didn't know you and Trevor, I'd call fiction on that one, because everyone knows that the HK phone system bounces your call automatically if the caller ID doesn't say "U.S. Government", or "XYZ Police Department."